Advertise

Advertising with The Northern Light and underwriting with KRUA 88.1FM are great ways
to connect a business to the bustling student audience in Anchorage, Alaska.

The Northern Light circulates 2,500 papers every week with each new issue. KRUA broadcasts to
a young, primarily student audience across the South Central region of Alaska, and
streams globally on the web.

Both student organizations offer a variety of options for advertising and sponsorships. Learn
more and submit queries on their websites below.

Get Involved

Beyond even the jobs posted frequently on Careers at UA, both KRUA and The Northern Light offer UAA students the opportunity to engage in student media. KRUA trains over 50
volunteer deejays each year and partners with the Journalism and Public Communications
department to provide training and hands-on experience for JPC and other students.

The Northern Light publishes contributor's content regularly in sections like "Letter to the Editor"
and "Opinion," in addition to contributions submitted to any column.

Media Board

Comprised ofstudents, faculty and staff, the University of Alaska Anchorage Media Board is the
governing body thatoverseesthe student media organizations, The Northern Light and KRUA 88.1FM.

The board is an authority established by the Union of Students' constitutionto maintain professional standards of achievement in student media and hold accountable
the student fee-funded organizations.

The board selects the managers for KRUA 88.1 FM andThe Northern Light, approves media policies and budgets, and serves as an advocate for student media
at UAA.

Join the Media Board by submitting a USUAA Petition Packet to the Office of Student Life and Leadership in the Student Union Room 218.

Meetings

The UAA Media Board meets at least three times per semester. Media Board meetings
are free and open to the public. Minutes are taken and made available in a shared Google Drive folder.

Defining "Student Media"

Student Media, overseen by the UAA Media Board, provides the university and community
with a student perspective of events and activities of the university, community and
nation.

The organizations of Student Media are free of censorship and advance approval of
content. Editors, managers and directors are free to develop their own managerial
policies and content, sanctioned by Freedom of the Press as guaranteed by the Constitution
of the United States and by the Constitution of the State of Alaska. This freedom
may not be impeded nor interfered with by the University of any of its agents, staff,
faculty or administrators.

Advisors shall not be held responsible legally or financially for the content or editorial
decisions of any student media.